# Criminal Law (GCR)

## Title 7. Theft and Related Crimes

### Subtitle 1. Crimes Involving Theft

#### Section 7-102

(a) Conduct described as theft in this part constitutes a single crime and includes the separate crimes formerly known as:

  (1) larceny;

  (2) larceny by trick;

  (3) larceny after trust;

  (4) embezzlement;

  (5) false pretenses;

  (6) shoplifting; and

  (7) receiving stolen property.

(b)

  (1) A person acts "knowingly":

    (i) with respect to conduct or a circumstance as described by a statute that defines a crime, when the person is aware of the conduct or that the circumstance exists;

    (ii) with respect to the result of conduct as described by a statute that defines a crime, when the person is practically certain that the result will be caused by the person's conduct; and

    (iii) with respect to a person's knowledge of the existence of a particular fact, if that knowledge is an element of a crime, when the person is practically certain of the existence of that fact.

  (2) The terms "knowing" and "with knowledge" are construed in the same manner.

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Md. Code Ann., Crim. Law (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)